Lebanon’s solid waste crisis began in the early 1990s, reached a pinnacle in 2015 and continues today due to successive temporary fixes, emergency plans and a weak integrated policy framework. Established in 2017, the Waste Management Coalition (WMC) is a coalition of civil society activists, experts, non-governmental organizations, and community groups joining forces to address mismanagement in the sector, as well as lobby and campaign for integrated waste management planning at the national and sub-national level.
